The torrential rains began on November 3, 1927.
It had
already been a wet October and rivers were swollen and
the ground saturated. Nine inches of rain fell in a thirty-six
hour period and horrendous flooding began. Though all of
New England was affected, Vermont was devastated. The state
flooded from Newport to Bennington, with the Winooski River
Valleythe hardest hit. Eighty-five people died and
9,000
were left
homeless. Many of Vermontís roads and
over 1,200
bridges were washed away. The great Flood
of 1927
would
change Vermont forever as communities
turned
to the state,
and the state turned to the federal
government for assistance.

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